Selena Gomez gets kidney transplant to treat lupus

LOS ANGELES | Selena Gomez said on Thursday that she has had a kidney transplant to treat the lupus that has derailed her life for more than three years.

In an Instagram posting, the 25-year-old singer showed a photo of herself in the hospital lying next to her best friend, actress Francia Raisa, who she said made the “ultimate gift” of donating her kidney.

The “Good For You” singer explained in the post that she had been lying low this summer because “I found out I needed to get a kidney transplant due to my Lupus and was recovering. It was what I needed to do for my overall health.”

The singer, who has the biggest following on Instagram with 126 million followers, also posted images of a post-operative scar on her lower abdomen.

Gomez, who came to fame in Disney Channel’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” and dated singer Justin Bieber for several years, revealed in 2015 that she had been diagnosed with the auto-immune disease lupus and undergone chemotherapy to treat it.

The announcement followed two career breaks and a canceled tour. In 2016 she again canceled part of her tour, saying she was suffering from anxiety and panic attacks caused by lupus.

The cause of lupus is not clear and symptoms can include swollen joints, fatigue, rashes and fever.

“Lupus continues to be very misunderstood but progress is being made,” Gomez said in Thursday’s Instagram post

She thanked Raisa, best known for TV series “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” for donating the kidney.

“There aren’t words to describe how I can possibly thank my beautiful friend,” she said. “She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me. I am incredibly blessed. I love you so much sis.”

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Selena Gomez Shows Off Her Newest Tattoo, Roman Numerals

Just like her boyfriend Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez is also a tattoo enthusiast. Her newest tattoo was carved by Bang Bang when she visited New York City. It took only 20 minutes for him to carve the tattoo, and Selena was pleased with the work. Her tattoo is Roman Numerals LXXVI, which is 76 in latin.

After finishing the tattoo, he took a photograph of her new body ink and another photo of him posing with the young star. In the photograph, her skin was still slightly red and bruised as the effect of the tattooing process. It was rumored that she visited him on recommendation from her "Spring Breakers" co-star Vanessa Hudgens, who also got her butterfly neck tattoo from him.


Bang Bang commented, "Selena was nervous it might have been painful, so she held her best friend's hand the whole time. But she did a great job." When asked about the meaning of number 76, he replied, "The tattoo was a tribute to a family member who she said means a lot to her." So far, the 20 year-old artist never explained who the person was.

This is Selena's second tattoo. Her first one is a small musical note on her wrist, which was carved by Louie Gomez. She wanted it to be a small one because she was still afraid to deal with the pain. Due to its size, the tattoo was often mistaken as a heart by many people. "It's a music note. Everybody thought it was a heart, but it's a little music note," she said to clarify the people who misunderstood the tattoo pattern.

Selena got the music note tattooed to represent her love of music. "I was named after a singer and music obviously is a big influence for me. And there's music stuff with my mom that means a lot to me, too," she explained about her first design. However, on February 2012, she claimed that she was done with tattoos.

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